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Methicillin resistance and virulence genes in invasive and nasal Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates from neonates

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Title
Methicillin resistance and virulence genes in invasive and nasal Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates from neonates
Published in
BMC Microbiology, January 2017
DOI 10.1186/s12866-017-0930-9
Pubmed ID
28086793
Authors

Vivian Carolina Salgueiro, Natalia Lopes Pontes Iorio, Marcelle Cristina Ferreira, Raiane Cardoso Chamon, Kátia Regina Netto dos Santos

Abstract

Staphylococcus epidermidis is an opportunistic pathogen involved in hospital-acquired infections, particularly in those related to medical devices. This study characterized 50 genetically unrelated S. epidermidis isolates from bloodstream infections (BSIs, n = 31) and nares (n = 19) of neonates in relation to staphylococcal chromosomal cassette mec (SCCmec) type, biofilm production and associated genes, and the arginine catabolic mobile elements (ACME), in order to detect virulence factors that could discriminate a potential invasiveness isolate or predict an increasing pathogenicity. Isolates from both groups showed no difference for biofilm production and ACME genes detection. However, BSI isolates harbored more frequently the sdrF and sesI genes (p < 0.05), whereas biofilm producer isolates were associated with presence of the aap gene. The sdrF gene was also significantly more in the biofilm producer isolates from BSI. The SCCmec type IV and the ccr2 complex were related to BSI isolates (p < 0.05), while 83% of the nasal isolates were non-typeable for the SCCmec elements, with the mec complex and ccr undetectable as the most frequent profile. Despite the great clonal diversity displayed by S. epidermidis isolates from neonates, BSI isolates harbored more frequently the sdrF and sesI adhesin genes, while nasal isolates were very variable in SCCmec composition. These aspects could be advantageous to improve colonization in the host increasing its pathogenicity.

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Unknown 59 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 12 20%
Student > Bachelor 9 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 14%
Researcher 6 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 7%
Other 9 15%
Unknown 11 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 13 22%
Immunology and Microbiology 11 19%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 10 17%
Medicine and Dentistry 8 14%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 2%
Other 6 10%
Unknown 10 17%

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 September 2017.
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#8,977,241
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#1,063
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#176,403
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#16
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